Grigory Korganov

Grigory Korganov (30 July 1886-20 September 1918) was a Bolshevik revolutionary who was one of the "26 Baku Commissars", governing the commune of Baku in Azerbaijan until the city's fall.

Biography
Grigory Korganov was born on 30 July 1886 in Tiflis, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia) to a family of ethnic Armenians. He became a revolutionary Bolshevik and rose to become one of the leaders of the "Baku Commune" in 1918 during the Russian Revolution, governing the city after its capture from Azerbaijan. On 20 September 1918, Korganov and several other Bolshevik commissars were captured and executed by the White Army while trying to flee.